/*
 * Copyright 2010 Biz-e (info@biz-e.nl)
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
package nl.biz_e.utils;

 

/**
 * @author Joost A. Bloemsma
 *
 */
public class Utils {
	/**
	 * Copied this method from Jaran Nilsen (See http://codemunchies.com/2009/10/cast-away-with-java-generics/)
	 * to get rid of all this annoying <code>@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")</code> tags.<br/>
	 * I have seen the same trick on a number of other places.   
	 * @param <T> The targetted type. Don't pass this parameter, the Java compiler knows this as you are assigning the
	 * 			result to a specific type
	 * @param o The object to be casted
	 * @return The casted object
	 */
	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
	public static  <T> T cast(Object o) {
		return (T)o;
	}
}
